Guard for third rails.



No. 725,622. PATENTED APR. 14, 190? c. HORNUNG. GUARD FOR THIRD RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 22, 1902.

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CHARLES W/I-IORNUNG, OF J ERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO NATHANIEL l-I. SANBORNIOF JERSEY CITY, JERSEY.

GUARD FOR THIRD RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,622, dated April 14, 1903.

' Application filed December 22, 1902. Serial No. 136,299. (No model.) I

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. I-IORNUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful and also offering protection against acciden-v tal contact with such rail, while allowing a :5 shoe or contact free access'to the railfor the purpose of utilizing the power as required.

This in ventionis applicable to elevated and other railroads'or conveyances and elsewhere as required.

This invention is set forth in the following specification and claim and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in Which-- Figure l is an end view of the guard. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same. Fig. 3

shows the guard applied at a diiierent point from that shown in Fig. 1. In the drawings the rails of a track are shown at a. shown at b. A contact, such as a shoe or arm 0 o, conveys the power to a car d or to the motor of such car or vehicle or other object.

The guard is shown at e. By having the guard rest' alongside of the rail and made to overhang the latter a roof or cover is formed,

preventing foreign matter dropping 0r set-' tling on such rail. This guard is shown made to overhang the rail from one side while giving access to said rail from the other side.

Access to said rail is thus allowed from the 40 side for a shoe or contact to reach to and move or slide along the rail.

The guard is insulated or mounted clear from the rail- By being mounted clear from electrical contact with the rail and made to The third or conductor rail is extend from one side over the top of the rail the latter is shielded and no charge can escape or leak from the rail to the guard.

The guard can be made of metal or other suit-able material. Such guard can be secured to eitherthe outside or inside of one of go the wooden rails, usuallyplaced alongside the steel rails in elevated and other structures.

In Fig. 1 the guard is shown secured to the inside of a wooden rail, and in Fig. 3 such guard is secured to the outside of such rail.

In both -cases the body of the guard is provided with a longitudinal flange (2, adapted to be fastened to the upper side of a wooden rail or equivalent support mounted in prox-. 'im'ity to the third rail.

'that the flange is situated substantially centrally of the height of the guard-whereby the body of thelatter can be fitted flatwise against the wooden rail to bring the flange over the top of the latter, so as to secure the guard in place in a thoroughly substantial manner.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A third or electrically-charged rail combined with a guard in proximity to and made to overhang the rail, the body of the guard having a longitudinal flange substantially centrally of its height, and asupport against which the body otthe guard fits fiatwise, the fiangeot the body being adapted to fit over the top of the support.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 7

CHARLES W. HORNUNG.

Witnesses:

E. F.'KASTENHUBER, CHAS. E. POENSGEN.

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